Consulting Manager: Lead Strategy, Transformation & Growth

Excelerate; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelerate LLC seeks a Consulting Manager to lead multi-disciplinary client engagements from strategy to implementation, delivering measurable business impact. You’ll translate complex challenges into actionable plans, drive stakeholder alignment, and mentor teams in a collaborative, hands-on style.

This role offers broad exposure across service areas with on-site work in the San Diego region up to three days a week, combining leadership with practical, data-driven problem solving in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• 4+ years of management consulting or equivalent experience.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong storytelling and executive-level presentation skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI and Tableau a plus.
• Strong PM and workstream leadership; Agile and Lean experience.
• Ability to travel on-site up to three days per week in San Diego area.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex client engagements or workstreams from initiation through delivery, ensuring high-quality execution and measurable outcomes.
• Translate complex or ambiguous business challenges into actionable, insight-driven strategies through data analysis, process mapping, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Lead operational improvement and transformation programs that align people, processes, and technology to achieve sustainable results.
• Develop business cases, KPIs, and performance measurement frameworks to measure impact and sustain performance.
• Facilitate workshops and collaborative sessions to co-create solutions with clients and build organizational alignment.
• Oversee vendor evaluations, digital solution implementations, and systems integrator partnerships.
• Design and deliver change management, training, and organizational development initiatives that drive sustainable adoption and capability building.
• Build and nurture long-term client relationships based on trust, transparency, and consistent value delivery.

Skills

Client engagement

Data analysis

Storytelling

PowerPoint

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Project management

Agile & Lean

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Excelerate LLC seeks a Consulting Manager to lead multi-disciplinary client engagements from strategy to implementation, delivering measurable business impact. You’ll translate complex challenges into actionable plans, drive stakeholder alignment, and mentor teams in a collaborative, hands-on style.

This role offers broad exposure across service areas with on-site work in the San Diego region up to three days a week, combining leadership with practical, data-driven problem solving in a